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utterly generic

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: February 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

oh boy. another game of killing monsters and finding levers. why was this game even made? did they think the world needed a few more sewer levels? a few more lava jumping puzzles?

i really fail to see how killing giant crabs and oompa loompas can be considered any kind of plotline. oh, you're on a quest to stop the villain! what game isn't about that? there is no plot manifestation (of what little story exists) during the gameplay at all. every level is the exact same thing, and it NEVER ENDS. oh look, another cave! i sure hope it has some zombies and levers... you know, for a change.

if you like long, repetitive, and completely linear, secretless, plotless games with just levers and stupid AI, then buy this game. judging from the other reviews here, you'll probably think it was the most wonderful and creative game ever made, anyway. i might've enjoyed it if i were five years old and this was the first game i'd ever played, but after game upon game of the same damned thing, there's no way i could ever give this a better score.

BORING

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game could have been so much more. The hack and slash action is not even fun, it just get's tedious and boring. I have to admit the graphic's are spectacular, but that does not make this a great game. Rune contains lot's of jumping from object to object, which will get boring after they first introduce it into the game. The game also had no depth whatsoever. I never just want to play it for fun, because I felt there almost is no fun in this game. In my opinion, if you are going to get a hack and slash action game GET BLADE OF DARKNESS.

Promising, but ultimately disappointing.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The opening of Rune's single-player game is incredibly promising; you start in a beautifully rendered Viking village. Once you prove yourself in combat against the Master of Arms (or somesuch), a cutscene takes you onto a longboat and across the sea.

Up to this point, the game had my interest.

Next, however, the ship sinks, your character dies and finds himself in the underworld, and single-player Rune becomes one of the most boring, repetitive games I've ever had the displeasure of playing. It's the same problem Unreal (from which Rune got its engine) has, really; the single player game gets duller and duller as you move on. It bored me so quickly that, desperate to find redeeming value in this game, I fired up the multiplayer.

Playing this game multiplayer makes it all worth it. I can't describe how much fun it is to beat up your friends with various hand-to-hand weapons, or even with their own severed limbs and heads. The combat and movement is so perfect and smoothly done; instead of using dumb, ultra-generic fantasy monsters in the single-player game, Human Head Studios should have tried to implement more of a bot AI, because playing against humans in this game is fun! It's got the depth of a fighting game but without the dizzyingly complex controls.

The problem is, the only multiplayer modes available in Rune are Deathmatch...and Team Deathmatch.

Because of this, the game is disappointing. The single-player, which was unfortunately probably the focus of the studio's efforts, is godawful. The multiplayer is incredibly promising, and fun despite its limits, but it really needs so much more.

Now, a game with the combat system from Rune, but with more multiplayer modes and levels, and with bot support, would be one I'd not regret spending fifty of my hard-earned dollars on. Rune Tournament, anyone?

Same old Same old

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: November 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Well, this game is fun for the first 2 minutes of play. The single player is just that, single player. You will get tired of it quick. The multiplayer is where this game couldbe great but they gave us just DM. Well any of you that play FPS gaes online alot know that just DM wont cut it. The programmers where to lazy or in to much of a hurry to work on more MP game modes and decided that eventually some mod makers would do all the work for them. Whatever they did, they shortchanged the buyers of this game. Enjoy.

Bad Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the worst games that I have played this year. I read all the previews, saw the pretty pictures, and got interested. Unfortunately, the final product is such a disappointment. I am so sick of switches or "puzzles" as you run around and jump around to look for the next exit point. I also don't want to spend my time leaping from one platform to another. Where's the fun? This is not the Olympics. In a word, lame. And the perspective makes it that more difficult. A 3D game should not have platform jumping as a major gameplay feature. In addition, the game AI is weak and unchallenging. There are instances wherein the enemy just "sits" there and you hack away, without any effort or fun. There's a online multiplayer portion to the game but I didn't purchase the game for that reason. Anyhow, as strictly a single-player experience, I'm giving the game a generous 2 out of 5.

Viking mayhem, minus the mayhem.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I had such hopes for this game. I enjoyed the demo very much, so I ran out and bought it. Bad idea. Next time, I'll learn to read some reviews from magazines first.

What sounds cooler than a viking warrior stomping around, eating live animals, and cutting the heads off his victims? Switch hunting, at least according to Gathering of Developers. I spent the vast majority of my time in Rune stumbling about a dark corridor searching for a switch or a wall to break, or just getting lost. I think it would have boosted the realism of this game if Ragnar randomly shouted out "Where the hell am I?" I was looking for joyful swordfighting fun, but spent most of my time hacking up spiders and those annoying undead ghouls who keep popping back to life. There were brief moments of mindless carnage, which I loved, but these were far outweighed by boredom.

Now I hate multiplayer in general, but I must admit that Rune's multiplayer is refreshing and entertaining for a while. Unfortunatly, there is absolutely no variety. Just strafe, rush in, swing weapon, hope you don't die.

In short, Rune could have been so much more than it was.

Rune-a disappoinment

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I read a couple of decent reviews of this before I bought it(Games Domain.com) and as I'm into a bit of action and adventure and thought Severance to be superb, I shelled out my cash for Rune.
Rune has a great story line running through it. Thats about the best thing in the game. if you liked Tomb raider, then this is Tomb Raider with Vikings (with few challenging puzzles)!! Lots of ledge jumping and climbing, swimming and swinging from vines and stuff- very disappointing.
The enemies did nothing for me and the combat system is basic to say the least.
The graphics are good (so they should using the Unreal Tournament engine)but even so at some angles Ragnor becomes transparent.
All in all don't waste your money on this unless Tomb Raider style jumping is your thing. If you're over 18 buy Severance because its ace!!
You might also try Heavy Metal Faxx 2. The heroine is a babe, the action is good and the enemies are cool.
F.A.B. guys

Attack of the killer crabs.....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...should have been the title. Which is a shame, because the opening sequences were well done and promised a good, solid FPS/3PS with a unique feel, and it performed well and looked very good on my computer. I especially enjoyed the underwater sequences with floating bodies, a sunken ship, and nasty looking fish, but the game soon deteriorated into endless hacking and chopping of an army of large crab-like beasts through never-ending caverns, all the while on my knees. Combine this with a monosyllabic "hero"....no, wait. "Monosyllabic" implies some form of speech or communication. This Neanderthal doesn't even grunt. Conan the Barbarian is a poet compared to this guy and I'm supposed to care whether he lives or dies? Either way, I didn't make it through the first level before I returned the game. Perhaps you will have more patience than I.

NOT impressed by gathering of developers; it needs a walkthough?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i am NOT impressed by gathering of developers, ....storyline & graphics are cool, and all the keyboard controls are not too bad when you get used to them or adjust them - there are a lot- but it seems like a deadend. You walk into a corner of the village and have to back-track. Wish he could jump over some of the stuff. Pretty narrow constraints. You get stuck in a cave after you are brought back from death and there is a neat waterfall too high to jump to and nota clue what to do or where to go, so you wonder around in circles til you give up. Sad. Tha's level 1.
This is another game that is impossible to play without many free days to figure out 1 puzzle, or it is in need of a game walkhru to get past level 1. Tragic. Though it may be a lot of great fun [with a walk-thru / or some kind of cheatsbook/guidebook, full of pointers/ tips & directions to assist you]. ...Nice music score and viking theme, weapons, combat, and cutscenes though. Graphics are nice too. I wish someone would tell me what i am supposed to do & how to do it.

Be careful...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a big fan of Rune, I was very disapointed to find it doesn't play on windows xp. I bought another version on amazon that advertised XP compatability, it wasn't.

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